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Secure Store Service is a shared service that provides storage and mapping of credentials such as account names and passwords. It enables you to securely store data that provides credentials required for connecting to external systems and associating those credentials to a specific identity or group ...

Does anybody know why I cannot add a security group as a member of a Target Application:
The group is found using the people picker:
But then clicking "OK", SharePoint complains that the user can't ...

I have SharePoint intranet, can I use Secure Store Service in SharePoint 2013 to keep user logged in when he/she navigate from my SharePoint intranet portal to any of the below systems?
Traditional ...

I'm trying to access Secure Store credentials through C# but I can't find the assembly any where in /15 or my GAC. You would think this would be easy if it was a best practice. Any ideas where I can ...

Is there a way to get the username that is set as the data refresh account for a power pivot installation?
I realize this user is set in the secure store service application but I can't seem to find ...

I am replacing a colleague for the support of a SharePoint 2010 intranet.
A library contains InfoPath 2010 forms.
The form template contains data sources linked to external lists.
Each external list ...

I'm attempting to create a SharePoint workflow that creates a new item in an external list using the "Create item in [External List Name]" action available in SharePoint Designer.
Currently, I keep ...

SharePoint 2013 - I'm planning to use 'unattended service account' method of Secure Store Service - for Excel, Performance Point and Visio services. I'm about to create Active directory accounts for ...

We are using secure store to keep key/salt for encrypting certain fields submitted from InfoPath form (like SSN). We want to ensure the key does not get refreshed or else our encrypted data will be ...

I got an high trusted provider hosted application that use the App Only Policy.
If I try to use server object model, sharepoint returns a context error.
Is it possible to use the client object model ...

I am tasked at creating a SSO solution. I have webform on a.example.com, SharePoint on b.example.com. SharePoint uses claims based auth, and uses ADFS as the idP.
Can the claims based webform use the ...

I have in my sharepoint application an external source that must be accessed by 2 parts of my application
The first part is a page, where the users can search on a form, the external data. The second ...

I've set up SQL credentials in my site's Secure Store Service and would like to add people to the members of this group programmatically (using C#) but am having trouble with the API. I've found some ...

I have a sql database which connection string was hardcoded on a property bag
I am changing it to use the secure store service application.
I already created the application id on the store with the ...

Recently I was trying to create a Secure Store Target Application in SharePoint 2010 and faced a problem. Problem screen is given in attached images.
Following are the steps I followed to reach the ...

I have some application pages which connect to a DAL done in Entity Framework and connects to sql.
However, the developers of this used property bags to store the username, db, password and dbname.
...

I am writing a SharePoint App (to be hosted in Office 365 and hopefully sold in the SharePoint App Store) and need to be able to load a service account username and password from Secure Store to allow ...

When you create a new "Secure Store Service App" you will also create "Generate New Key" and it requires you to input Pass Phrase.
We totally forgot the password and now in trouble because I need to ...

I'm creating a timer job that polls an RSS feed that requires a username and password. I'd like to store the login credentials in the Secure Store Service.
I believe I have successfully set this up ...

I'm investigating ways to integrate an existing SQL Server database into my firm's Sharepoint installation. I've put together some external content types, but I'd also like to develop an application ...

We have migrated from SharePoint 2010 foundation to SharePoint 2010 standard. Now, the problem is we are looking for Secure Store Service on 'Services on Server' page in Central Administration, but we ...

Please bear with me, I'm new to Sharepoint / Performancepoint.
I am working on a local share point server that is only used to test sites before creating them on the live server.
I need to create a ...

Am planning migration of Intranet from MOSS 2007 Standard to SharePoint 2010 Standard. Do I actually need the Secure Store to access external database? For example, when pulling data for a Web Part... ...

I have Secure Store and also Kerberos setup on my development and production farms. I am using Event Receivers to access BCS data. I have verified that if I simply impersonate a user that has access ...

I am trying to get some Secure Store credentials from SharePoint via a Visual Studio Extension but I am having an issue with the fact that Visual Studio is 32bit and SharePoint is 64bit. The examples ...